Detail showing sign and tour guide from The Birthplace Of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa

Grant Wood's STYLE
can be compared to American folk art because of the way he simplified forms in his paintings.
What forms did he simplify in this painting?Trees and shrubs are solid round shapes rather than irregular as they are in nature, and the houses are boxlike.

Artists use several
PERSPECTIVE
techniques to give their work the illusion of depth.
Which techniques did Grant Wood use?Objects closest to the viewer appear larger. Objects far away appear smaller and closer to the horizon line
[SCALE]; objects closest
to the viewer overlap and partially hide objects in the distance
[OVERLAP]; objects recede along imaginary lines that meet at a
"vanishing point" on the horizon line [linear
PERSPECTIVE].Which technique didn't he use?Distant objects have less detail and muted gray-toned colors compared to objects close to the viewer
[AERIAL PERSPECTIVE].